{'I could have killed them' - Lawson experiences dangerous incident with Formula 1 safety personnel
Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson revealed he barely escaped a life-threatening incident during Sunday's F1 event in Mexico when a pair of track officials ran across the track immediately ahead of his car
The alarming incident took place on the third circuit when marshals were seen on the track as Lawson was rejoining the race following an premature pit stop to replace his broken nose section
Competitor's Live Reaction
Shortly afterward, the team's competitor Lawson radioed to his race engineer saying: "You've got to be joking? Could you believe what happened? I nearly... ended their lives"
"I genuinely couldn't process what I was witnessing"
"I came out on a new set of hards, and then I got to Turn One and suddenly there were two individuals running across the track"
"I almost collided with one of them, frankly, it was incredibly risky"
Security Issues Highlighted
"Obviously there's been a failure in communication at some point but I've never experienced that before, and I haven't really seen that in the past. It's pretty unacceptable"
"We fail to grasp how on a live track safety personnel can be permitted to just run across the track in that manner. I don't understand the reason, I'm certain we'll get some sort of explanation, but it really can't happen again"
Governing Body Reviewing
F1's overseeing organization, the International Automobile Federation (FIA), is thoroughly reviewing the situation
"After an occurrence at turn one, the race directors was informed that debris was present on the track at the critical section of that bend" commented the FIA
"During the third lap, safety personnel were informed and made ready to go onto the racing surface and recover the debris once all cars had passed"
"As soon as it became apparent that Lawson had entered the pits, the directives to deploy marshals were rescinded and a caution signal was raised in that zone"
"Our inquiry continues what happened following that moment"